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What the hell are you talking about? I've never fixated on any competition. I've been probably complaining the loudest here about our government's incompetence and our rollout while actively pointing out how much yours was better for weeks and months. DaveC and I have been absolutely consistent...

I think the corporate types have been messaging this for a while, but "luckily" the latest rise in cases seems to be lighting a fire under some asses.

I love how we are opening the land border to vaxxed Americans on August 9, but Biden just extended the US border closure to Canadians for another 30 days. While we are more vaccinated and will only extend the delta (pardon the pun) with each passing day...

Ha! For all I know, Kamala Harris is a terrible boss. But it's also interesting to me that these stories emerge about women (remember the ones about Klobuchar likewise being a nightmare to work for) and then persist and persist when in fact the vast majority of executives and people in power...

Mask mandates, while annoying, really aren't that bothersome or intrusive. We're still under one here and frankly I don't see us coming out of it either, just basically rolling into the next wave. But any restrictions that go further than that, like business closures, a return to virtual...

Append Florida to them and you're good. This abortion law is totally absurd. The only people who will be getting rich off this will be the lawyers. And I say that as a lawyer.

My husband and I were going to head down to the US (even with all the inconveniences) to do some hiking in August while our kids are visiting his parents. Unfortunately, Colorado has really shitty looking pockets too. And I'm honestly not worried at all about getting sick (if, while double...

Because MUH FREEDOMS. We have a rabidly anti-passport crowd up here (including our idiot Premier) so it's not just you guys. Infuriating.

At this point I'm losing hope in the land border opening anytime soon. We can fly in and out of the US now but it's still very annoying if you're fully vaxxed. First we need to provide (and pay for) a COVID test before we leave (and it's not the Americans requiring it, it's an exit requirement...

I really don't in this instance buy into some conspiracy theory. Israel's militancy also has nothing to do with this. As far as the vaccine rollout and collection of data and studies they have basically been impeccable. Their vaccine passports have also been remarkably effective. And all of...

Honestly that was my initial reaction too. But now it's looking like the Israelis are starting to observe waning immunity past 6 months so I'm not sure we can just totally write off Pfizer's statement at this point. We need more data from other places like the US which got on the Pfizer...

So it looks like Israel is seeing breakthrough infections in the cohort that was vaccinated first suggesting some waning immunity after 6 months which jives with Pfizer saying they have similar data and are recommending the third shot/second booster. It would be easiest to conclude Pfizer is...

BEAL, that's a crazy story. I do feel badly for you, because it's hard even when you know that going your separate ways is the right thing to do. But in a way it might be that the pandemic spared you...otherwise who knows how invested you'd be in her before finding out that she might be...

Yes, this is much better. Honestly, defund is not just the wrong word, but it's an INCORRECT word. Nobody is seriously suggesting defunding - this woman has it right, it's a reallocation of funds (and not all funds).

I got my second dose a few wks ago but it wasn’t as bad as the first, which in itself wasn’t as bad as I’d prepared for. I had COVID so I’m not sure if that’s why.

RIP Champ. <3 Our German Shepherd died in January and of all my dogs he was like my soul animal. Our new GSD puppy arrives in 3 weeks, so looking forward to it. Nothing like those shepherd eyes, once they get into your heart, you can’t live without them.

Guys! They are reopening stage 1 THREE whole days early on Friday. Yay for underwear (retail capacity restricted to 15% so you'll wait in line for 3 hrs). We can also dine outdoors with 3 other people at our table. I think only from your household but let's get real. No haircuts until July 2...

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1401205060487434242 In case you’re wondering, no, we still can’t buy underwear in Ontario. They are just relentlessly trying to mentally kill us. I got called up for my 2nd dose of Moderna today, didn’t have time to go in so am going on Monday morning. I...

Interesting read, thank s for posting that. I think certainly from an aesthetic point of view a lot of these are actually eyesores so I'd agree with that take. The ones that are the centrepieces of oft-used public spaces I think are a bit more challenging in that you'd probably want to replace...

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-people-vaccinated-covid?country=CAN~ISR~GBR~USA~European+Union Here we are in Ontario, with a higher rate of vaccination than Canada as a whole, and we are still in a stay-at-home order. Tomorrow that will be lifted...but nothing is reopening. Yes, you...

In Ontario, we've managed to vaccinate some 64% of eligible adults with the first dose and about 53% of the entire population. We are still in a stay-at-home order. Grocery stores that sell non-grocery items (clothing, etc) have those aisles blocked off. We can't eat on outdoor patios, much...

Maybe Ted should enlist then and ship off to some “shithole” country where he can serve honourably while improving the masculinity of the US military.

After our abysmal rollout and basically complete vacuum of leadership, thanks to community efforts and private citizens on Twitter (no, really), Toronto passed the 60% of eligible individuals vaccinated with the first dose and is now about the same as NYC. Canada as a whole will pass the US in %...

And it's worth pointing out that GoF experiments aren't necessarily done because somebody wants to weaponize a virus, but it's part of speculation of how existing/known viruses may evolve to become more transmissible or more deadly.

So I haven't kept up with the current guidelines but I'm pretty sure that last year SARS-Cov2 would have fallen within BSL-3, not 4. And at the time, there were calls to ease up on the qualification system to allow it to be handled in BSL-2 labs in order to facilitate larger scale research. So...